CELTIC

BUILT BY HARLAND AND WOLFF IN BELFAST IN 1901 AND LAUNCHED THE SAME YEAR. HER OFFICIAL NUMBER WAS 113476, SHE WAS 20,904 GRT POWERED BY TWO QUADRUPLE EXPANSION STEAM ENGINES, WITH TWIN SCREWS GIVING A SPEED OF 16 KNOTS. PORT OF REGISTRY WAS LIVERPOOL. SHE WAS ONE OF THE 'BIG FOUR' - BALTIC, CELTIC, CEDRIC AND ADRIATIC ALL LAUNCHED AND IN SERVICE BETWEEN 1901 AND 1907. IN 1907 SHE WAS CHARTERED TO THE AMERICAN LINE. CELTIC SERVED AS A ARMED MERCHANT CRUISER DURING WW1, JUST LIKE CEDRIC DID. IN 1916 SHE DID TROOPING DUTIES. IN 1917 SHE HIT A MINE IN THE IRISH SEA ( LAID BY THE U-88 ) AND 17 PEOPLE WERE KILLED.SHE RETURNED TO LIVERPOOL TO BE REPAIRED. IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR SHE WAS TORPEDOED IN THE IRISH SEA,BY THE GERMAN SUBMARINE UB-77 AND SIX PEOPLE WERE KILLED. SHE WAS REPAIRED IN BELFAST. APART FROM THIS SHE CAME THROUGH THE WAR INTACT. IN 1920 SHE RETURNED TO HER LIVERPOOL TO NEW YORK RUN. IN 1925 WHILST IN THE IRISH SEA, SHE WAS IN COLLISION WITH THE "ANACONDA . IN 1928 SHE WENT A GROUND OFF QUEENSTOWN  ( COW & CALF'S ROCKS ) WHILST ON A VOYAGE FROM NEW YORK TO LIVERPOOL, AND COULD NOT BE REFLOATED, SHE  WAS DEMOLISHED WHERE SHE LAY.